2014 Wimbledon Tennis

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  Saturday's reduction to Alize Cornet marks the worst three-Slam series of Serena Williams' career after fourth-round, second-round and third-round exits in the Australian Open, French Open and now Wimbledon.

"easily'm maybe not playing outstanding, great match, these girls, once they play myself, they play like they are regarding ATP journey, and then they play various other women different, " Williams said, moving the woman eyes. "It's never easy being within my footwear."

It's her very first exit within All England Club since 2005, when she in addition had been outdone in the 3rd round. Williams won the title in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2012.

"I don't know the way I made it happen, " Cornet said. "Just with my heart - therefore the assistance of group."

The No. 1-ranked and No. 1-seeded Williams is the owner of 17 Grand Slam games, one fewer than Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, but she today features departed ahead of the quarterfinals at four of the past five majors. There were fourth-round losses at Wimbledon just last year at the Australian Open in January, and a second-round reduction during the French Open in-may.

"Australia, i recently couldn't play. And Paris I played truly bad. Here, I actually thought we played better, " she stated. "I'm going to need view this film."

Cornet in addition beat the 32-year-old American within Dubai Championships in February. However, this outcome had been instead unforeseen, provided their particular Grand Slam jobs. Cornet never really had already been through the third round at Wimbledon, and she only one time before achieved a major's 4th round, last year.

Saturday's match ended up being stopped inside third online game because of rain. After a wait of about 4½ hours, Williams ended up being great, reeling down five games to grab the very first ready.

Things changed significantly. Cornet started putting shots appropriate where she desired them, while Williams had difficulty locating the level. Williams finished up with 29 unforced mistakes, 11 above Cornet.

"She assisted me slightly, " Cornet stated.

Two particular shots troubled Williams: Her serve let her down over and over, with a complete of seven double-faults and five pauses; the girl backhand produced 12 unforced mistakes.

Inside third ready, Cornet led 5-2 but had been broken offering when it comes to match. On the 2nd chance, she steadied herself, delivering a great fall shot on match point.

When Williams netted the reaction, Cornet pounded her upper body along with her fist. After that she hopped around Court 1, before kneeling to kiss the lawn.

Cornet was indeed 0-13 against top-20 opponents in Grand Slam matches.

"I do not truly know the thing I did wrong, " said Williams, whoever cousin Venus destroyed Friday. "typically i really do. Typically I'm sure I did this, this, and therefore."

It was probably the most considerable - and surprising - outcome on each day high in starts-and-stops due to the damp weather.

Five-time champ Serena Williams, the top seed at Wimbledon, destroyed to Alize Cornet for the 2nd time in 2010. Carl Court/AFP/Getty Photos

Unfettered by the rain because of the roofing over Centre legal, Maria Sharapova won the past 11 games to achieve the 4th round with a 6-3, 6-0 success over 44th-ranked Alison Riske of US.

Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion and champion of French Open early in the day this month, ended up being broken in the initial game of match, dropped behind 3-1 then shut out Riske other way, clinching the match with a stinging forehand passing shot.

"I believed better as match proceeded, " stated Sharapova, whom lost in second round at Wimbledon just last year. "Alison's a fantastic grass-court player. She is had several of the woman most useful outcomes with this area, so I understood it was likely to be challenging these days. I had some a slow begin.

"i am simply happy to take the 2nd week after this past year's outcome. I wasn't satisfied. I happened to be getting excited about returning as soon as possible and here i'm, providing myself another possibility."

Third-seeded Simona Halep reached the Round of 16 at Wimbledon the very first time in her career, beating Belinda Bencic, 6-4, 6-1.

Sharapova will next deal with No. 9 Angelique Kerber. Cornet, at the same time, assumes on No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard, a 20-year-old Canadian who had been a semifinalist during the 12 months's first two majors.

"It reveals every body whom asked me personally if I'm ready to play Serena in Round 4, " Bouchard said. "That's one of the reasons I don't look far forward."

Sunday is a scheduled off-day at Wimbledon, the sole Grand Slam competition that takes some slack midway through.